He tweeted: "The flooding and flow into the Coral Sea at Gladstone"Chris Hadfield

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Maryborough was also badly hit as this photograph from the ISS showsChris Hadfield

Anne BarrowcloughSydney

Last updated at 6:37AM, January 30 2013

A Canadian astronaut on board the International Space Station has tweeted
spectacular photographs of the Australia floods after passing over central
Queensland on Tuesday.

Chris Hadfield, Canada’s first man to walk in space, has been on board the ISS
since December 19. The 54-year-old is part of a five-month mission to carry
out scientific experiments.

The space veteran has also previously tweeted pictures of the Australian
bushfires and conducted Twitter chats with Buzz Aldrin, the Queen guitarist
Brian May and Star Trek’s William Shatner while orbiting the Earth at 8km
per second.